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For you positive cultists who say that men don't need to look good
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40806-017-0092-x Quote: Prior research investigating the mate preferences of women and their parents reveals two important findings with regard to physical attractiveness. First, daughters more strongly value mate characteristics connoting genetic quality (such as physical attractiveness) than their parents. Second, both daughters and their parents report valuing characteristics other than physical attractiveness most strongly (e.g., ambition/industriousness, friendliness/kindness). However, the prior research relies solely on self-report to assess daughters’ and parents’ preferences. We assessed mate preferences among 61 daughter-mother pairs using an experimental design varying target men’s physical attractiveness and trait profiles. We tested four hypotheses investigating whether a minimum level of physical attractiveness was a necessity to both women and their mothers and whether physical attractiveness was a more important determinant of dating desirability than trait profiles. These hypotheses were supported. Women and their mothers were strongly influenced by the physical attractiveness of the target men and preferred the attractive and moderately attractive targets. Men with the most desirable personality profiles were rated more favorably than their counterparts only when they were at least moderately attractive. Unattractive men were never rated as more desirable partners for daughters, even when they possessed the most desirable trait profiles. We conclude that a minimum level of physical attractiveness is a necessity for both women and their mothers and that when women and their parents state that other traits are more important than physical attractiveness, they assume potential mates meet a minimally acceptable standard of physical attractiveness. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/per.2087 Quote: We evaluated five competing hypotheses about what predicts romantic interest. Through a half‐block quasi‐experimental design, a large sample of young adults (i.e. responders; n = 335) viewed videos of opposite‐sex persons (i.e. targets) talking about themselves, and responders rated the targets' traits and their romantic interest in the target. We tested whether similarity, dissimilarity or overall trait levels on mate value, physical attractiveness, life history strategy and the Big Five personality factors predicted romantic interest at zero acquaintance and whether sex acted as a moderator. We tested the responders' individual perception of the targets' traits, in addition to the targets' own self‐reported trait levels and a consensus rating of the targets made by the responders. We used polynomial regression with response surface analysis within multilevel modeling to test support for each of the hypotheses. Results suggest a large sex difference in trait perception; when women rated men, they agreed in their perception more often than when men rated women. However, as a predictor of romantic interest, there were no sex differences. Only the responders' perception of the targets' physical attractiveness predicted romantic interest; specifically, responders' who rated the targets' physical attractiveness as higher than themselves reported more romantic interest. So, according to research and science, the "massive role" personality and confidence play in attracting women is... no role at all. |
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Can we get some new articles and a site update please?
I'm looking around and some of the content here is over 1,000 days old. We are lucky that people are posting in the forum here keeping this community alive. In my opinion, this site needs a major update, responsive design and new, regularly posted content. This place has so much potential and lots of great functionality, but much of this site is very dated! |
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If you could change anything... EXCEPT YOUR HEIGHT ¿What would it be?
It could be related to your body (example. Getting in better shape or more muscular) or maybe something not related to your body (example. becoming more confident) |
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Any of you notice women over 30 are "more open" to dating shorter guys
Started dating a woman who is 36 and she said before two years ago she never dated any man under 5'11. She happens to be a single mom of two who is illegally renting an attic in long island new york. Not that it matters but it seems like I attract women over 30 like white on rice. |
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HossFlat
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I didn't realize how many people are getting this height surgery
And it's cheaper than it used to be
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batmanbegins
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"Would you date a shorter man?". Black woman goes apeshit on GMB
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Successful entrepreneur dies from Leg Lengthening
https://jezebel.com/stories-about-my-brother-1835651181 This man was a successful entrepreneur who worked for the likes of Google, Space X, received a degree in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon, founded some of his own startups and with all of that still never felt "respected". There was also the "women" thing. He actually died from a Pulmonary Embolism which came from a Blood Clot resulting from the Leg Lengthening procedure. From the article: "His last adventure sent him to Italy, from where, in late August 2017, we made a cautious attempt to reconnect through a phone call. He was due back to the United States in a few months. Instead, he came back to Canada, where my parents live, in a body bag."
"Though Yush had told me in August that he was going overseas to work remotely on a new start-up company, he had lied. He was there to get limb-lengthening surgery, a lengthy procedure that involves sawing through the bone, drilling a nail and screws into it, and in the months afterward, slowly, painfully pulling the broken bones apart by a few millimeters, every day for months, to add a few inches of height. Yush, who was about 5'7", desperately wanted to be taller." This is a recommended read. The article was recently published also (September 25, 2019). We all know that Leg Lengthening has been going on for decades. A lot of people think that because of that, there are few risks if any at all. We can see that is far from the truth. |
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Suarez223
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vision88t
Anyone feel cheated by genetics?
Are you the shortest in your family or significantly shorter than your father? If so, do you look around at your family and wonder why you are so much shorter than the rest of them? |
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riffshaman
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What advice would you give a short teen to prepare for the real world?
To the young men out there who are most likely going to be 5'7 and below as an adult, what advice would you give them? |
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what really really short men feel like when shopping for clothes (pic)
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joshbaskins
Why so many short men are muscular
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firenzq
What is your closet missing?
Quick poll to see if you guys have the same shortcomings in the closet as I do, certain things are harder to fit. What do you guys think?
What clothing type is missing from your closet? a) Outerwear b) Formal wear/ office attire c) date night d) athletic wear |
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ThatFlyShortGuy
Tinder finally did it
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jimt385
Length Of Clothing
I don't know if anybody else has noticed, but hoodies and jumper length has seemed to have gotten longer in the last couple of years, some hoodies and jumpers I have bought seen to be the length or close to the length of when longline hoodies/jumpers used to be even though they are described as basic fit, has anybody else notice hoodies/jumpers length has gotten longer!
I'm 5'7, does any body else noticed this? |
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Jason Alexander - More garmining by starring in Bagel Boss the Musical
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A little casual heightism (starts at 2:29)
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